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Banal Security: Queer Korea in the Time of Viruses

Banal Security: Queer Korea in the Time of Viruses

Gitzen, Timothy

Paperback

Series: Ahead: Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Book 3

AnthropologyGeneral Gender StudiesGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 9523690825
ISBN13: 9789523690820
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Oct 23 2023
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The decades-long fear of South Korean national destruction has routinized national security and the sense of threat. In present day South Korea, national security includes not only war and the military, but national unity, public health, and the family. As a result, queer Koreans have become a target as their bodies are thought to harbor deadly viruses and are thus seen as carriers of diseases. The prevailing narrative already sees being queer as a threat to traditional family and marriage. By claiming that queer Koreans disrupt military readiness and unit cohesion, that threat is extended to the entire population. Queer Koreans are enveloped by the banality of security, treated as threats, while also being overlooked as part of the nation.

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